Amidst Brexit negotiations and rising uncertainty about the bi-lateral relationship between Ireland and the U.K. across the Atlantic, the New York consuls general of the two countries met for the first time at a formal reception hosted by Mutual of America in Manhattan with hopes of fostering cultural goodwill between the countries’ emigrant populations in the northeast. John … [Read more...] about British and Irish Consul Generals Host Historic Reception
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United Irish Counties Recognize Ireland’s Best
The United Irish Counties Association of New York held its 114th annual banquet in January at the historic Antun’s in Queens Village, New York, recognizing the contributions of activist and attorney Sean Downes and former Leitrim Society and UIC president Joseph McManus. Downes, who has maternal roots in County Cork, received the 2018 Gael of the Year honor for his … [Read more...] about United Irish Counties Recognize Ireland’s Best
Campbell Returns to Ireland for Dublin Lecture
Distinguished parasitologist, Nobel prize winner, and 2017 Irish America Hall of Fame inductee Dr. William Campbell delivered an academic discourse at the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin in November. Campbell, who was in Ireland to receive the Presidential Distinguished Service Award, was born in 1930 in Ramelton, County Donegal, and has held honorary membership of the Royal … [Read more...] about Campbell Returns to Ireland for Dublin Lecture
New York’s Annual CraicFest Music and Film Festival Turns 20
This year marks the 20th year of New York City’s celebrated CraicFest, a music and film festival that takes place each March throughout the city to highlight Irish culture and inspire new generations of Irish and non-Irish Americans to explore the rich history of Ireland. Founded in 1999 by Terence Mulligan, a second-generation Irish American from County Mayo, the festival … [Read more...] about New York’s Annual CraicFest Music and Film Festival Turns 20
Irish Multimedia Experience Goes Off-Broadway
In late 1980s Ireland, commercial digital scanning was newly available, and when Dublin artist Patrick Dunning decided to scan a piece of his art – a large but simple cosmic landscape – into a one million pixel format, he came to understand his painting not just as color on canvas, but as digital code with a message all its own. Patrick became committed to translating every … [Read more...] about Irish Multimedia Experience Goes Off-Broadway